Kurt Helwig, CEO of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, and Tom Harper, president and CEO of Networld Media Group talk about points of focus — innovation, regulation and security — for this year's ATM and Mobile Innovation Summit. The two-day...

Tom Harper, president and CEO of Networld Media Group talks about what to expect from this year's ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit and why executives should consider it imperative to attend and hear what high-level presenters and panelists have to say about the future of payments.

"Data security is a big area for the FTC," said Malini Mithal, assistant director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC. "We have brought nearly 50 cases here, including dozens alleging violations of GLB rules." (From Mithal's keynote address at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit)

“There needs to be a move beyond cash in order for the vast majority of the people in the world to become full working participants in, and beneficiaries of, the economic system,” said Leland Englebardt, group head, global network products...

Kurt Helwig, CEO of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA), puts it succinctly: "P.J. O'Rourke said, 'Giving the government money and power is like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys.'" Laura Udis of the Consumer Federation of American offers a counterpoint in this engaging session at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.

Joe Samuel, SVP of global public affairs for First Data, said FIs are constantly balancing new regulation, new supervision and enforcement. Dodd-Frank has worked in some areas of banking, he said, "but in some areas I think it didn't." (From a panel at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit)

"When you're looking at having every bank in the country potentially having to reissue debit cards and change their whole debit card structure ... to then think about introducing EMV at the same time, I think it puts EMV on hold to a large extent." (Attorney Lynne Barr at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit)

An ex-employee sued McDonald's claiming that its policy of paying unbanked employees' wages via prepaid meant that her income was eaten up by card fees. A panel of payments experts tackles this difficult issue at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit in Washington, D.C.

While Kenya’s success with mobile payment and ATM convergence hasn’t been easily replicated in other countries, the model has paved the way for mass migration of unbanked people into the world’s banking system. (A discussion between Dan Littman of the Fed and Mike Lee of ATMIA at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit)

Several surprising statistics show that restaurant operators are responding to new customer spending preferences by investing in new payment technology. "Infrastructure investment is huge in our industry." (Liz Garner, director, commerce and entrepreneurship, National Restaurant Association, at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.)

Acquiring and sharing customer data has become "one of the most hotly negotiated" deal points in the mobile payments M&A community. A payments attorney asks a panel of retail experts how they handle this sensitive issue. (From the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.)